(DISASTER RISK ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS HAZARDS IN MAJULI) INTRODUCTION Majuli is one of the largest river islands in the world (26 45N – 27 12N and 93 39 E – 94 35 altitude of 60 – 95m above msl). The original land mass of Majuli was 1250 Sq. km (1950) which has significantly reduced to 650 Sq. km (2001) due to erosion. The island is bounded by the river Brahmaputra on the South‚ the river Subansiri on the North-West and Kherkatia Suti in Northeast. Geomorphologically the island is alluvial
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Natural Disasters and Catastrophes Paper 1 Rough Draft Disasters Prepared For From researching online databases of my city‚ I’ve found that we are focused on planning ahead for disasters such as hurricanes‚ or even different forms like terrorism for example. The city acknowledges this strategic planning needed‚ as well as building public awareness and the development of hazardous mitigation and emergency response plans. According to the mayor‚ these plans are at completion and ready for use when
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Francisco de Goya’s series‚ the Disasters of War‚ remains one of the strongest accusations against the horrors and tragedies of war to date. Reflecting the suffocating atmosphere of violence that surrounded Spain at the time‚ Disasters of War attacks the senselessness of war itself and makes a desperate appeal to all that is good in man. Although sources are unanimous in asserting that Goya was not physically in the midst of any actual violence‚ Goya acts as a witness to the series insofar as he
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Environmental Destruction In the past century we have made many great innovations such as automobiles and aircrafts and even pesticides. With these great innovations come consequences. Such as global warming as Bill Mckibben states in his essay “The Environmental Issue from Hell”. In this essay Mckibben talks about how humanity in the past century has contributed to global warming by using fuel burning vehicles and aircraft. Before Pesticides‚ farmers had a tough time keeping crops alive due to
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many students. The General responsibilities of the RA on duty are to make sure buildings are in order‚ making sure there are no violations‚ no safety concerns‚ and to make sure that there is nothing out of the ordinary. The RA is on duty from 8:45pm until 8:00am the next morning. During rounds‚ the RA must walk through the halls to keep an eye out for anything that is not normal. Additionally‚ during this time‚ the RA should also be aware of the duty phone and answer any calls from residents. These
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but there is the possibility of preventing them. Even with all the different hazards in the world one of the keys to surviving them is effective emergency management preparedness. Through the years‚ disaster preparedness has seen many changes and many meanings; to be able to enhance future disaster preparedness we need to look at the past and the present‚ in order to see the future. The media has talked endlessly about several terms since the events of September 11 (Sebastian‚ 2007). These terms
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NETW240 Week 1 Lab-1B: Installing Fedora 14 Linux on Your Laptop or Home PC Note: Your instructor will advise you if a DVD containing the VirtualBox installation program and Fedora 14 is available for checkout. Task 1: Download and Install VirtualBox Direct your browser to www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads‚ and click on the link for the Windows (32/64 bit) version of VirtualBox. Download the VirtualBox installation program. Open Windows Explorer
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order to remain competitive and continue its growth in the volatile‚ ever-changing global packaging industry. In 1995‚ Cindy Hartley‚ Senior VP‚ Human Resources‚ came to Sonoco and found the Human Resources (HR) function lacking. She began working on a plan to restore and tie HR processes to Sonoco’s business objectives. In 2000‚ Harris DeLoach became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sonoco and also recognized concerns with their Human Resources. Additional concerns were raised regarding Sonoco’s
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Chemical disaster at Jaipur occurred on 29th October 2009 at 7:36 PM (IST). Fire broke out at Jaipur fuel storage and distribution terminal‚ owned by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) - India’s largest oil company and PSU in terms of revenue at Sitapura Industrial Area on the outskirts of Jaipur‚ Rajasthan. The oil depot at Sitapura Industrial Area is about 16 kilometers away from the city of Jaipur. The Met department recorded a tremor measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale around the time the first
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occurrences were becoming disaster‚ together with being documented in various ways providing a warning for the future generation. However in 1920‚ there was a published study referred to as the catastrophe and social change by Henry Samuel Prince. This was the Halifax Disaster documented account and the occurrence of the social change. The first person to deliver evidence based study was Prince‚ by use of theory founding a paradigm which paved way for the management of disaster to be studied (Sperling
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